Sundar Varadaraj Perangur, Director, Global Technology Center, Tyco India whose current role involves overseeing innovation and execution of IoT, Cloud Computing, Mobility, Legacy Migration, Hadoop and Bigdata products. He holds 30 years of extensive experience covering Embedded to Enterprise software – strategic, technical & operational, end-to-end Product Development, Manufacturing, Portfolio/Program management, Client engagement, Innovation. He has worked in the Manufacturing, Retail & Healthcare verticals, and ERP/SAP, DWH and EAI horizontals. His past positions have been Co-Chairman, Conference on “Advances in Cloud Computing – BigData, IoT, Sensor Networks Computer Society of India, Director, Technology & Innovation Center, Dell Services, Program Director and prior to this Technical Head, Global R&D Wipro Technologies.

“The Art & Science of Making Cloud/IoT Work” presented several use cases that showed the need to combine two emerging technologies – Cloud and IoT. Remote building management, surveillance, retail and fire management services area were covered and discussed. It also provided some insights for early entrepreneurs:

1.India being a cost conscious society, entrepreneurs should consider carefully who pays for the product/services – end consumer or enterprise?

2. Some areas awaiting disruption – ATM surveillance, drones, wearables, etc. – pick a burning problem and solve it well

3. Some emerging areas of research – energy harnessing (extending battery power) and miniaturization – may be very important to take IoT to the next level.